Don't just give me title and artist, tell me about the song. Why do you connect with it? Is it the lyric (what in particular?) or the music (why? - tempo, instruments etc). I am looking forward to seeing what you come up with.
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Happy Tuesday everyone! I was thinking about all the different learning styles over the weekend and I thought that it would be a great if you could tell me the best ways for you to learn. Do you learn by reading, or by listening or by doing it yourself? Is it enough for someone to give you verbal instructions? Or to show you how? Or to write them down? Or by letting you do it yourself. When you research learning styles one educational psychologist (Howard Gardner) came up with seven different categories Which one best suits you? Or are you a combination of a few? Are you able to give me examples of how you best learn?
My Learning I am a combination of learning styles and it can be dependent upon the situation. When I am training with my PT it works best if he lets me do (body kinaesthetic). When committing to facts to memory chants/songs etc work for me (musical) and I am also a linguistic learner - reading allows me to explore new ideas and create a sense of understanding. Overall, I am drawn to Interpersonal as relating to others is the essence of my life. How do you know if you love someone or something? I think you just know. However sometimes it can be really hard recognise 'it' until later. Undoubtedly, and without reservation I love my children. Not because I have to, but because it comes as naturally to me as breathing. I still remember the moment Mitchell was put into my arms - The intensity of the love I felt for him from that moment was incredible. I didn't think it was possible to love anyone, or anything as much as I loved him . . . and then I had four more! I learnt that the heart has an almost infinite capacity for love.
I think that the actions of those of someone in love speak of their affection for that person or thing. It is almost always approached with enthusiasm, encouraged and developed with care and not spoken ill of. I reckon this is pretty much the same regardless of whether that love is romantic, platonic, of your job or of your hobbies. Love makes your tummy leap with butterflies of happiness. It makes your smile when you think of what it is you love. Your body can tingle - right from the tips of your fingers down to the tips of your toes. You feel alive. It can be all consuming. It can be your life's calling. Love is not always easy and I know love can hurt . . . a lot. This quote by Vincent Van Gough sums it up nicely “It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.” Make a list of the musicians and songs that have inspired you. Pick out one and write the lyrics to that song. Why does/did it inspire you? What does the song mean? How does it make you feel when you hear it? You can do this for more than one, if you like.
Dreams are so weird . . . .sometimes I love them and other times I was my subconscious to die a slow and painful death. I have had re-occuring dreams where the same shrinkie (you used to get shrinkies in cereal boxes, a plastic thing that you put in the oven and it shrunk - hence the name shrinkie). Anyway in this particular dream I accidentally threw the lion shrinkie into the incinerator (like a contained bonfire) and it didn't shrink, it came to life!
Not only did the lion come to life, the purpose of its existence was to eat me. I had many a dream of the shrinkie lion chasing me. I have also been bitten by snakes in my dreams - and felt it. So weird. I have had many falling dreams, and I have hit the ground. I have been shot. I have been petrified. I have lost all of my teeth (ugh, that is the worst), been unable to save my children from drowning and all sorts weird things. I have dreamt of people I have lost and it leaves me feeling sad when I wake up. I have been betrayed in my dreams and woken up angry. I do also have cool dreams too though. Oh well this is a bit of tricky one too. All the things I never said, all the things I never said, all the things I never said. This is hard, and I feel like it could go either way - happy or sad. I wish, honestly that I had the ability when I was younger to tell myself that I was okay, that I was enough, that I was worth it. That is a hard lesson to learn and while I said plenty of negative things to myself as an adolescent I would so have liked to have balanced that out. So many other things that fall into this topic (Who chooses these anyways!) My list is in no apparent order and just written as I recall them. All the things I never said: * Other peoples secrets. * I'm sorry * I love you * Stop * I am not being true to me * I am glad that you are in my life * I miss you * You really hurt me, really. You broke me. * Thank you * I am grateful for you * You don't know the impact of your actions * You deserve good things * I deserve good things * I care about you * I am glad to have known you * Mum, you are an amazing person * Dad, I don't know what I would do without you in my life * I wish you could understand me * I don't know how to forgive you. * I am not all that you think I am * Therefore you don't know me at all * It is not my job to make you happy * That is not fair * Your words and/or your actions are hurting others * I can't do this * This is hard for me * Can you help me? * I do not like the way you are speaking to me Not an exclusive list and if I really think about it I am sure that there are heaps more. I wish I was brave enough to say them aloud and in the moment where they fit. |
Kirsty AllanA Prep to Year 12 teacher currently teaching 7 English & Humanities, 9 English & VCAL Literacy. Hopefully inspiring my students to write!! Archives
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